flís

See also: flis

Czech

Noun

flís m inan

1. fleece (insulating wooly garment)

Declension

Declension of flís (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	flís	flísy
genitive	flísu	flísů
dative	flísu	flísům
accusative	flís	flísy
vocative	flíse	flísy
locative	flísu	flísech
instrumental	flísem	flísy

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fliːs/

  Rhymes: -iːs

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse flís.

Noun

flís f (genitive singular flísar, nominative plural flísar)

1. a splinter, a chip, a sliver

   Synonym: afklofi

Declension

Declension of flís (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flís	flísin	flísar	flísarnar
accusative	flís	flísina	flísar	flísarnar
dative	flís	flísinni	flísum	flísunum
genitive	flísar	flísarinnar	flísa	flísanna

Derived terms

• falla eins og flís við rass
• flís af kjöti (“a thin cut of meat”)
• flísatöng (“tweezers”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish flise.

Noun

flís f (genitive singular flísar, nominative plural flísar)

1. a tile

   Synonym: plata

Declension

Declension of flís (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flís	flísin	flísar	flísarnar
accusative	flís	flísina	flísar	flísarnar
dative	flís	flísinni	flísum	flísunum
genitive	flísar	flísarinnar	flísa	flísanna

Derived terms

• flísalagnir (“tile laying”)
• flísaleggja

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English fleece.

Noun

flís n (genitive singular flís or flíss, nominative plural flís)

1. fleece (type of fabric)

Declension

Declension of flís (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flís	flísið	flís	flísin
accusative	flís	flísið	flís	flísin
dative	flís, flísi	flísinu	flísum	flísunum
genitive	flís, flíss	flísins, flíssins	flísa	flísanna

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “flís”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “flís” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flīsō, related to *flaiski (“flesh, meat”).

Noun

flís f (genitive flísar, plural flísir)

1. splinter, chip (of wood)

   Synonym: spánn

Declension

Declension of flís (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flís	flísin	flísir	flísirnar
accusative	flís	flísina	flísir	flísirnar
dative	flís	flísinni	flísum	flísunum
genitive	flísar	flísarinnar	flísa	flísanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: flís
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flis m or f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flis f

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “flís”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive